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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-04-19
Parnen Finds q Friend.

LONDON, April l9--The Pail Mail Ca
zette says that Mr.. Parnell is Rn Irish-
man and therefore the Times Ia allowed
10 insult and libel him with IMMUNITY.
Ii earnestly appeals to the House Of
Commons OF both sides 10 give Mr.. Par
neil justice and commit the editor Of Tue
Times to clock tower for breach al privi-
leue
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-04-19
Weather ProRnostics-

WASHINGTON, April t. Indications
for Texas: Fair weather, warm in
northern portion, stationary temper
AZURE In southern portion, variable winds,
generally east to south,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-04-19
MinersLeft to Their Fate

PITTsBURG, Pa, April IA COnnelIs-
Vile special says that the fire at David
son mines is still burning. All hope of
rescuing the Imprisoned miners has been
abandoned, and the mine has been
sealed up to smother the flames.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-04-19
3. Smith & Son,

Who are strictly llrst-class merchant
tailors, are now receiving fine line OF
spring and summer suitings OF German,
English, Scotch and French goods. Our
prices are sway down." Satisfaction
and lit guaranteed. Call on them and
price their goods before purchasing else-
where. IL. SMITH q Son,
12-9-tf No. A West Commerce st.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-04-19

Geo. Sampson, while smoking q ci-
gar out driving this morning burnt his
lap robe up and nearly burned buggy
and all.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-04-19
Hurrah !

No. 3ls X. CoMMERcEiSr. TELEPHONE No. go
Now that the warm sweather IL fast APP
preaching. ladies while out driving viii md it
great treat to stop al Blair's Popular Drug
Store and procure n refreshing drink always
ice cold. This gentleman, as pronounced by
all, is said 10 have the finest fruit syrups, and
lovers of good extracts VIII ma u 10 their ad-
vantage TO walk In and examine his selection
OF fine perfuinery. Orders cheerfuily received
from any part of the city per telephone and
given Immediate attention
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-03

d QUAR- TETTE OF NEW STATES.
Congressman Springer wants to put
four more stars on the flag, and at an
early day will introduce bill providing
for the admission of Dakota, Montana,
New Mexico and Washington, now organ
lied as territories, into the sisterhood OF
states. There is no telling how congress
will look upon the proposition, but as a
matter of fact there doesn't seem to be
any sound argument against Mr.. Spring
er's plan. 1t is only question of time, land
that not distant, when all these terrific
ries will be admitted as states, and why
not let them come in now and get ready
to have their share Of fun in the next
presidential campaign. As to the matter
of population, each of the four comes up to
the requirement, as either is more popu-
lOus than Nevada was when she came in.
Viewed from political standpoint it
would be essentially fair to take them in
all at once, as the gains in the United
States senate at least would be equally
dived between the two parties. Dakota
and Montana would return Republican,
while New Mexico and Washington would
send Democratic senators, and relatively
the representation in the lower house
would be about in the same proportion.
This would be as starter, and after that
the two parties could fight for tee states.
The people of these territories are intel
ligent, self-reliant and able to maintain
state governments. They would greatly
prefer to have the management OF their
home affairs in their own hands instead
of at Washington. There is always room
Tor smother star on the flag, and Mr..
Springer's proposition appears to be
timely and sensible.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-03
THE WATERWORKS MANAGE

The discussion of the waterworks
management should not assume phase
which demands vicsrious atonement
for popular dissatisfaction. No fault
should be found with individuals for
simple performance Of duty; blame,
rather, should attach to those who fail
to discharge the obligations under which
they rest. If officials have enforced rules
aud regulations diligently, impartially
and courteously, they have but done
their duty. The cause of the bitter CON-
plant and general dissatisfaction which
prevail in the community should be
sought IN remsdisl efforts, and no one
official should be made to suffer for the
errors and defects of a system.
In the statements of those con-
nected with the management, it
was asserted that in some in
stances rebates had been allowed
on account of the. inadequate
and wretched summer supply of water.
Why were not rebates allowed to all,
especially when payments were made in
summer under protest? Why was not gen.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-03
ALL FOR LOVE.
The Strange Career of an Arkansas Her
mit-His Nearest Neig hbor Distant Thirty

The Strange Career of an Arkansas Her
mit-ais Nearest Neig hbor Distant Thirl ,
Miles
Special TO the Gazette.
LITTLE Rock, ARK, Jan. News was
home on Bayou Bartholomew, in the
southern part of the state, of a strange
character known as William Shelton. He
was seventy-nine years old. He came to
this state in 1880, and had lived in the
cabin where he died for tifty-two years.
He first located near Pine Bluff, Jefferson
county, selecting the most secluded spot
he could find as q site for his habitation.
The advancing tide of immigration forced
him southwark; and plunging into the
wilderness he travelled fifty miles in
that direction, settling on the
banks of the bayou named. A
lonelier spot could hardly have been Sc
lected. To the right was an immense
forest of oak and pine; to the left the
bayou poured its waters downward to
the Mississippi river, It's banks covered
here and there with waving csne-brakes.
Shelton built his cabin with his own
hands. He felled the trees, worked them
into shape, and from them constructed a
habitation. During his long residence in
it he had no companions out his horse
and dogs. The nearest neighbor, at the
date of his settlement, was thirty miles
away. He was completely shut off from
the outside world.
He spent the time mainly hunting. The
country abounded with all sorts of game.
He killed numbers of bears, deer and
ich no iaH l.
70 Pine Bluff, disposing Of it there, and
purchasing such articles as we're required
to supply his wants Rumor reported him
as weslthy, saying tnat large su s Of
g Id were hidden under the he trth stones
OF his cabin. One night last August two
men broke into the domicile. Shelton
was bound and gagged. The premises
were ransacked, but the hidden treasure
turned out to be ten or twenty dollars in
silver. The hermit was released and the
robbers quietly departed. The -capse of
Snelton's for aking the world was love
disappointment, Virginia lsdy to whom
he was engaged jlting him for a weather.
man. The blow almost killed him, and
entirely wrecke what promised to be a
brilliant career He became wanderer
and rec luse, hating woman and shu6
ming humanity. y
He was finely educated, having gradl=
ated frrm the Univ ersltV OF Virginia. In
his forest home was a smap. bookcase
containing works of the best writers Of
the past and present century. Fate ap-
peared to have decreed that his death
should be as Gesolate as his life had been
solitary.
Some days since he was attacked with
pneumonia. There was no physician.
He was alone in his suffering. A neigh
Dor Glanced to call at the CABIN and found
him unconscious. Everything was then
provided, but too late. The hermit
hunter was beyond human aid. He died
shortly, He requested to be buried at
the edge of the forest near his cabin
home.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-03

APRoPRos of the wate-works discus
sion, Alderman Haymaker said to GA
ZETTE representative: Gin my opinion
the mayor committed sn error in mis-
makeup of the waterworks committee,
IN that he did not put on more expert
enced men, but it is only justice TO those
whom he did appoint to say that they
have fully endeavored to do their duty by
the city and citizens of Fort WORTH" and
later on the gentleman added: "To show
we were willing to do the fair thing we
fell from $500 to $3.50, and st last to 1925
per month in the charges asked. Backed
up in our opinions by the views of the
former committee, and trusting largely to
the engineers estimates, we felt that we
were justified in abrogating the old con-
tract when the roads refused to pay g
cent in excess of the former price" It
Just occurs to THE GAZETTE here that if
Fort Worth could afford to furnish that
water at 1925, the committee should not
have tried to get $500 out of the roads.
The railroads at that time had very live
ly apprehension that certain gentlemen in
this city would like to "squeeze" them,
and the charge of $500 with q tumble to
1925 was, unfortunately, in the nature of
evidence that the roads were right. "The
fair thing would have been to propose
at first what the city was willing to &C
cept. The sliding scale was adopted,
however, with loss of revenue to the
city and an impression lett on the roads
that the municipal power of Fort Worth
was vested in men who would like to
make all they could out of railroads. The
lesson cost something, but it has been
learned
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-03
New Years at Austin.
special to the Gszet' e.


AUSTIN, TEX, Jan. Gov. Ireland's
New Year reception at the executive man.
sion was brilliant affair. The mansion
was beautifully decorated with ever.
green's Over the diningroom door was
the inscription, New Year greeting"
and in another place that of "Eat, drink
and be merry" A constant stream of
people all day appeared at the governors
residence. Mrs. Carpenter, daughter OF
Gov. Ireland, received, assisted bg Mes
danes DR.. Denton, r. j. Fisher, Walsh,
Dunbar, Graham and Thompson, all of
Austin, and Mesdames Davidson and Dill
worth of G 'nzales, and Misses Evans,
Bell, Dowell. Denton and E igar OF Ans.
tin, NJ SIS Davidson of Gonzales, Miss
Humphreys OF Seguin, "iss Lands OF San
Antonio and Mrs. Roper of Houston.
Little Emma Carpenter received the little
folks, assisted by her playmate Julia Dun.
bar and Master Pat, the governors pet Of
all children.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-03

beedless one, whether ssieep or awake
cold or warm, agitated or calm. EAs
changing pulse even told him w6eh PFC
fessional trend was reading ItalIsu and
when Greek, the greater efortsstor the
latter having due effect onsSthe blood
flow. IT.
The COLD ZONE OF BosI.RR FIRES -
A piece of paper pastedsapss boiler oNer
the fre-box does not become charred at
occupies what Mr.. Thos. Fletcher of War
ringto IN, Eng, calls the "cold zDne," or
space of unaccountsble low temperature
on the surface of metal having water be-
hind it. Mr.. Fletcher dlscards the ordl-
nary theory that the phenomenon Is due
10 the rapid absorption of heat by the wa
ter. His experiments thus far have con-
vinced him that tais cool space, whose
Thickness is that of the thlckest paper re-
naming uncharred, is absolutely i'm
passable by flame and high degree of
radient heat, even the utmost pow
er of the blow-pipe serving but
to reduce and not annihilate
it, and that as consequence, only small
part of the heat is permitted to reach the
water. II has no effect, however, in
stopping the heat conducted through II
by solids, aud wire passing through the
fame quickly burns the paper which the
fire had left untouched. These observe
tions naturally sugg sted the use OF boil
ers of metal studs of sUtfici- mt length to
come in contact with the flame, and on
boilers so constructed it is claimed that a
wonderful increase in the steam gener-
ated has been obtained.
dia, for which various causes have been
assigned, has at leng been proven by
Mr.. Wood Mason, an English naturalist,
to be due to destructive parasitic dis
ease Of the worms. The affection seems
to be identical with "pe rine," which
revaged French silk-worm nurseries from
ls49 to 1865, and was eradicated from
Europe by the discoveries of Pasteur.
novel museum is being established
by DIR. Gui beau, blind professor in a
Paris institution for the blind His col
lection comprises articles specially de-
vised for the use of the sightless, and is
already quite valuable. includes a
very complete display the various
kinds of letters which have oeen used fai
reading by touch. y
case WAS lately repoTteu u tue Nc"
York Pathological society of a negro
child, which lived but two II onths, with
only one lung-the left, the other being
rudimentary and never inflated. The
heart had only one auricle and one ven
tricle-both the left.
The museum at Boulak, in Egypt, con-
tains what has betn called the oldest
picture in the world-a fresco, from 9
tomb at Maydoom, representing six geese
boat has been successfully propelled
on the Seine by means of artificial wings
acting on the air and driven by rotary
wheel.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-03
GREER COUNTY LANDS.

In yesterdays GAZETTE Attorney Gen.
eral Templeton did the state some service
by his lucid exposition Of the true status
of the locations and alleged patents to
lands in Greer county. The arguments
an conclusions of the encouragement
are unanswerable, and the members of
the legislature, to whom application will
be made to validate these patents, to le-
galize en- Illegally, to put q premium, in
the ST ape of the seal of the law, on the
wrongful ACOUSTIC Of lands, will read
Mr.. Templeton's able and entertaining elu-
cidation with profit to the state and pleas
ure to themselves. Sentiment will be
the chosen weapon of those who would
lega ize these patents, but the edge of this
weapon has been blunted by the hard,
cold facts presented by law officer from
the standpoint of law, of justice and of
right.
The GAZETTE again thanks Mr.. Tom
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-03

eral rebate announced instead of discrim-
mating in favor Of those (some) who
asked for rebates? And, since the msn-
agement knew as well as did the public
that tolls had been collected in the sum-
mer for service that was in no sense an
equivalent, why could not the rules have
been relaxed in winter as amends for
past deficiency? The action of the man.
agement, according to its own testimony,
was selfish and partial, as if it were an
interest apart from the people, and not
mere executive of the people. 1t &C.
cepted the money (and the protests)
of the people during the summer,
knowing that no equivalent was
being rendered, and in winter enforced
the regulations with rigor that ignored
i the consideration shown by the people in
the days of summer. No subordinate can
or should be held responsible for this;
the root of the evil lies deeper.
The people of this city desire an effi-
cient administration of their waterworks.
! but they want the rules framed for the gov
eminent of the works, and those who are
appointed to administer and execute those
rules to thoroughly appreciate the fact
that the works are not the property OF
the officers Of the city, but of the people
of the city. Rules and regulations are
essential and their enforcement is
demanded by the common interest,
but the people did not expect
and do not approve municipal law that
puts violations of such rules and regula
! lions on a plane with violations of law
that threaten life. peace and property.
The purpose of such rules should be only
to make the water service to the public
what public interests demand, ard not to
multiply offenses, violations OF which go
to swell the revenue of officials in no way
connected with the works.
There is dissatisfaction, and cause
for 1t. Let every public servant be he'd
to rigid accountability for the manner in
which he discharges his obligations, but
no vicarious Offering will appease the
people or remedy the evil. Go to the
root of it, anu, whether in the law or in
its construction, let the remedy be ap-
piled. This people only ask for just,
impartial practical, common-sense ad-
ministration of their waterworks, based
on such rules and regulations as are
framed to promote the efficiency of the
service. They do not want laws which,
in their enforcement if not intent, seem
to aim as much at providing fees for Off
Gals not connected with the works as at
efficiency and improvement in the water
service.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-03
GAZETTE BRANCH OFFICES.

paIlas-,J. G. MrNealus, manager. THE Ga
zErTs is for sale by all newsdeaiers. Sunseflp'
lions taken at 6l2 Elm street, Dallas.
Shprman-W. T. Hen'ou, manager.
Denison-Erank Baker, manager
Waro-W p. lem. manager.
Woathnrford-H 3. Dorsey, manager
Paris-C. r M KEY. manager.
Jefferso~-E. w. Cameron, manager.
Marshall-RObert Kennedy, manager.
Abilene x. Mintcr, mar ager.
Cleburn w Ii. Byrd, manager.
ri Paso-J. A. stephenson, m mayer.
Gainesville-E. P. Hill ana j. l.. Hickson,
managers
Ronham-C. Z. johnson, manager.
Honey -rCve-T. + Workman, manager.
BaIrd-Frank Dorsey, manager
Greenvilie RObev Sartain, manager.
Colorado-W. i Nowkirk, manager.
Mtneola-J. r Mcdaniel, manager. a..
CIsco-A. NJ. Redield manager.
Whitesb yre j. c. Glenn, manager.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-03

THE Knights of Labor carried their
point in the difficulty with the Brooklyn
City Railroad company. The following
clause of the agreement was stumb ing
block for some time: "That no employe
snail be discharged without e good and
sufficient reason being given him or his
representative. And any employe, when
called into the office on any complaint,
shall have full aud impartial hearing,
and il proved innocent shall be paid for
sll time lost " This was finally adjusted
by a mutual understanding that the presi-
dent of the road should in such cases act
as Judge, and assume all the response
bility attached.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-03
SPECIAL NOTICES.
sruckhord. re- Meeting.
FORT WORTH, Tx, De

FORT WORTH, Tx, Dec. l, 1885.
Notice is Hereby given that there viii be =
meeting of the Stockholders OF the Southern
Kansas Railway Com any Of Texas aLthe city
of Fort Worth IN E" he state OF Texas, on Tues
day, February /, 1857, at 10 " lock for thes
purpose of authorizing tn: issuance, M ffsss
mortgage o.. the Corporate ~ ff5Fsffy sASd fran
Of ,bOsfds b b. issr e by saiJ compan y, running
forty years from their daIe. dI wing Interest al
per cent per annum. pasable semi -tsnnuaily,
both principal and interest to be paS able In
gold coin and limited in amount to s!6IOO per
mile of railroad; which said ind bt-dness IL
necessary for cOnstructins, completisg, i'm
proving and operating It's railway.
w. L. STRONG, ISAAC L BURR,
W. NICKERsoN, ALDEN SPEARE,
GEO. sEALY. K. 5 WILLS,
WATERS S. DAVIS, WEBSTER SNYDER
W. III MASTERS.
AS Directors OF the Southern Kansas halfway
Company of Texas.
Attest. il. MULLASE. Asst sec'ys.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-03
PROMPT ACTION NEEDED.

The report of the county judges of such
counties in West Texas as require aid has
been made to the public. Official sane
ton has been given to the facts as they
are, and the public knows now the extent
of the need and just where it is located.
No eXaggerations Of special solicitors and
no sweeping denisls of interested parties
will avail in the face Of the plain truth
officially promulgated at Albany. The
state of Texas, through its representa-
tives, should take action in this matter.
Members of the legislature will read the
report before called to Austin. They will
have ample time to ascertain the scope Of
legislative power and duty, and each
member for himself should decide what
his action will be in the premises, to the
end that no precious time may be lost in
useless debate. Whatever of investiga-
ton and statement and discussion is
needful at Austin should of course
be INDUCED; but whatever the action
adopted it should be taken with prompt
ness commensurate With the occasion. II
aid is to be given the people they should
have it as speedily as possible; and every
Taxpayer in the state would vote that the
aid be given.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-03
Rates of Advertising Furnished on Applicable

Rates of Adve -ti5ing Furnished on ApPlcduon u
Res,ittances By draft, postotfce money order or
q redtStered letter at risk Of office,
CorTespondence as solicited upon all nc'rS sub
jectS. t,,,,,,,,,-
mas of general interest solicited and 'ci be prop
erin compensated ..,,..,,.,
In Congratulations intended for publication
must be panied By the 'rrfteTS name ana al
dress not for pu6licatiOn-but as an er1dence
Parties ,rritinq to THE AZETTE on business
persondI to Themselves ciH please incloSe stamp Jo'
reply N.Y., r, ,,,-,, 7,
An letters or communications for THE 'TAZEI , L
.,6ctbsr on business or for publication should be
addressed to HE GA ETTE, or DEMOCRAT PUB
LIsHING co Fort Worth, Ter, AND MOE TO
MD IDUATS
should be made payable to the DEMOCRAT PUB
LIsHING Co.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-03

pleton for his compliance with request
that results in such interes sting and po-
tential presentation of The question
which engrosses so much public atten-
ton. This testimony of the attorney
general must prove to be an important
factor in the coming consideration and
decision of this matter, which decision
should be adverse to the arbitrary enact
ment Of wrongful legislation.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-03

THE unldness of the winter thus far
in Texas scarcely prepares our readers
for the reports coming from less favored
regions of the sufferirgs from cold. Ger
many has been visited by such a severe
snow-storm as to occasion much loss OF
life, the estimates reaching 200 persons.
One hundred and twenty bodies have
been recovered, and as it, in its sudden
severity, overlook travellers, many doubt
less persisted whose fate will always be
unknown.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-03

THERE seems to be little doubt in the
minds Of judges of supreme courts in
various states that only national law
can regulate the cost of transportation OF
freight through various states; any state
law undertaking to regulate interstate
commerce is decided to be invalid. The
Wabash case is notable one, and the
supreme court of North Carolina has re-
Gently rendered similar decision.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-03

THE waterworks were purchased by
Fort Worth for the people of Fort Worth,
and the rules and regulations for the gov
eminent of the works should be framed
and executed solely with view TO give
the people, to whom the works be-
long, the best possible service for the
least possible money with the least posi-
BILE ANNOYANCE.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-03

THE trial of the Andover professors
seems, after all, to reduce itself to the
non-fulfillment of contract. On entering
this institution as teachers, when they
took their chairs, they promised to con-
form their teachings to confession OF
faith, Knowing that tie statutes at Ando-
yer required them to refresh their memo
ries by publicly reading st stated periods
this confession. 1t is not therefore q
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-03
Euro Powder.

Pure-baking powders are one Of the
chief aids to the cook in preparing pSxg
,fect and wholesome food, and fEt Mouse
wife will do yelIStessbe on her guard
against lRiEsfag powder tramps. Silver
Leaf Baking Powder is never peddled
from house to house, as the manufac-
turing establishment Of J.. II. Brown is
taxed to its uttermost to supply. the de-
usnds that come through legidsaq nse7
pels.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-03

trial of the whole body of theological
professors in New England as some
affirm, and can in no sense be regarded
as persecution for conscience sake. The
question is, do they teach Calvinism &C.
cording to contract?